Table 2.

Operative time, hospital stay and postoperative complications of study patients

Parameter	Endoloop (n = 60)	Hem-o-lok (n = 60)	Stapler (n = 60)	P-value	Total (n = 180)
Operative time (minutes, mean ± SD)	45 ± 12.0	37.9 ± 12.5	42.9 ± 13.4	0.0088	42.0 ± 13.0
Hospital stay (days, mean ± SD)	3.6 ± 1.8	3.6 ± 1.7	3.7 ± 1.5	0.969	3.6 ± 1.7
Intraoperative complications, n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (11.7)		7 (3.9)
Postoperative complications, n (%)
Superficial SSI	4 (6.7)	3 (5.0)	1 (1.7)	0.7173	8 (4.4)
Deep SSI	1 (1.7)	1 (1.7)	1 (1.7)		3 (1.7)

SD standard deviation, Superficial SSI superficial surgical site infection, Deep SSI deep surgical site infection